Water in the Atmosphere
What is the water cycle?
The temperature at which condensation begins is known as this.
What is the dew point?
Any form if water that falls back to the surface.
What is precipitation?
A huge body of air in the lower atmosphere that has similar temperatures, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
What is an air mass?
A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
What is a storm?
In the process of evaporation, water goes from a liquid to this state of matter.
What is gas?
These are formed when water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals.
What are clouds?
This is the most common form of precipitation.
What is rain?
The number of air masses that influence the weather in North America.
What is 4?
Thunderstorms for in these large clouds.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
This process turns water vapor into liquid.
What is condensation?
Scientists classify clouds into this number of main categories.
What is 3?
The form of precipitation that falls as a liquid but freezes when it hits a surface is known as this.
What is freezing rain?
The four major types of fronts are cold, warm, stationary, and this.
What are occluded fronts?
Hurricanes form in these three oceans.
What are the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans?
The ability of air to hold water vapor depends on this.
What is temperature?
These are the two factors that determine a clouds classification.
What are shape and altitude?
Sleet results from raindrops falling through a layer of air that is below this temperature.
What is 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
Embedded within the prevailing westerlies is this type of high-speed winds above Earth's surface.
What is the jet stream?
This specific type of storm can form in an situation involving severe weather.
What is a tornado?
Weather reports usually refer to the water vapor in the air as this.
What is relative humidity?
Wispy, feathery clouds are called cirrus clouds. Cirrus comes from a word meaning this.
What is a curl?
A drought reduces the amount and supplies of these two sources of water.
What are groundwater and surface water?
What are cyclones?
This is the safest place to be during a tornado.
What is in a storm shelter/basement/away from windows?